About the author

David Webber
BSc PhD CPhys FInstP is a mathematician, theoretical physicist, and
software designer by profession, but inside there is a saxophone player and arranger
desperately trying to get out.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a cool experimenter with the newest
technology of his time, the clarinet. His clarinet concerto is arguably the greatest work
for the instrument - at least until Barney Bigard came up with the solo on Mood
Indigo over 100 years later. It was hearing Mozart's clarinet concerto which
originally inspired DW to take up music in the form of the clarinet, and Mozart the music
processor is therefore humbly dedicated to W.A.M. (Although if the tales are true he could
write down the notes fast enough without it.)

DW later forsook polite society and took up the saxophone.

(Gentleman (n): someone who can play the saxophone,
but refrains from doing so.)

The author of Mozart and soprano sax "some years ago"

Since the late 1980s he has played alto and soprano saxophones in the North Cheshire Concert Band (a
symphonic wind ensemble), in the Lymm Concert Band, in "the Sax Section" (a saxophone sextet),
in the "Sovereign Saxophone Octet", and with Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats (a big band). There's more
information about some of these, including photographs, on the live music pages.

Mozart the Music Processor™ started life as a "simple"
personal project to help with arranging. Because, strange to tell, apparently not everyone
can read DW's musical handwriting - especially when the last few bars have been hastily
scrawled out on the evening before the performance!

The author of Mozart (right!) and alto sax
with Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats at the
Royal Northern College of Music's
International Wind Festival - Nov. 2005.

However, as soon as Mozart's first prototype started dropping notes on to the printer page, a
number of things immediately became apparent: that it is a very worthwhile and satisfying
project; that it is capable of almost infinite extension; that this will take a bit of
work; and, not least, that lots of other people would like to have it.

Just how many people would like to have it became satisfyingly clear following the first
release over internet in November 1994. Many satisfied customers started saying
Mozart is great, but wouldn't it be nice if it
could also... and thereafter diverge into a
plethora of exciting ideas for future development. Well the author is listening;
Mozart version 1 was all his own work but, as soon as it was out, it became clear that
everyone has different requirements in a music processor. Detailed current and future
developments are being guided almost entirely by feedback from users.

Mozart is now no longer simply a personal project; it has become a
professional occupation. But the overall philosophy and objectives are the same: Mozart is
designed to be a fast, robust way to create and edit good quality printed music, at a
price which anyone can afford. And first and foremost it is still a labour of love.